Hemp's Peace Pipe Helps Reduce Crime

For centuries we've known that when the problem is violence the solution is the peace pipe and the unique opportunity it gives us to create balance to differences. The US  government, in an effort to support large corporations including Prison, Inc., made the peace pipe illegal and has thrown millions into jail for interacting with a plant.  The desired violence has generally grown, until now.

Though there are many problems with the states medical marijuana law, primary being one has to be sick and rich enough to afford a doctor to legally consume hemp.  Hemp's healing ability is legally denied to the poor and broke, the slavery system still firmly in place. 

However, enough folks have access to medical grade hemp that we are seeing some astounding trends in crime statistics during these difficult economic times.  

NORML reported:

Crime down in states with Medical Marijuana Dispensaries 

"Since California has had legalized medical marijuana the longest, the data for this state was run through the Angela Macdonald number cruncher. Here are the shifts in some of the larger cities in California from 2007 to 2008:

Anaheim
Violent Crime: (-7.8%) Robbery: (-1.38%) Aggravated Assault: (-11.52%)
Property Crime: (-5.31%) Burglary: (-12.21%) Larceny: (-1.09%) Vehicle Theft: (-14.26%)


Bakersfield
Violent Crime: (5.92%) Robbery: (12.56%) Aggravated Assault: (1.57%)
Property Crime: (.64%) Burglary: (17.84%) Larceny: (-3.83%) Vehicle Theft: (-5.7%)

Chula Vista
Violent Crime: (-9.66%) Robbery: (-18.94%) Aggravated Assault: (-2.17%)
Property Crime: (-10.51%) Burglary: (-7.78%) Larceny: (-11.9%) Vehicle Theft: (-9.56%)


Fremont
Violent Crime: (-5.12%) Robbery: (0%) Aggravated Assault: (-8.98%)
Property Crime: (-5.41%) Burglary: (-15.09%) Larceny: (-0.29%) Vehicle Theft: (-9.83%)


Fresno
Violent Crime: (-8.58%) Robbery: (-10.87%) Aggravated Assault: (-6.15%)
Property Crime: (5.18%) Burglary: (7.08%) Larceny: (8.10%) Vehicle Theft: (-6.11%)


Irvine
Violent Crime: (-9.79%) Robbery: (22.73%) Aggravated Assault: (-26.32%)
Property Crime: (-1.38%) Burglary: (-29.04%) Larceny: (6.32%) Vehicle Theft: (-5.58%)


Long Beach
Violent Crime: (-7.82%) Robbery: (-1.26%) Aggravated Assault: (-13.16%)
Property Crime: (0.09%) Burglary: (6.02%) Larceny: (-2.43%) Vehicle Theft: (0.42%)

Los Angeles
Violent Crime: (-4.51%) Robbery: (-0.44%) Aggravated Assault: (-8.73%)
Property Crime: (-0.63%) Burglary: (0.49%) Larceny: (0.29%) Vehicle Theft: (-3.83%)


Modesto
Violent Crime: (-3.42%) Robbery: (-5.09%) Aggravated Assault: (-3.64%)
Property Crime: (-9.61%) Burglary: (7.99%) Larceny: (-10.65%) Vehicle Theft: (-25.31%)


Oakland
Violent Crime: (3.94%) Robbery: (-4.24%) Aggravated Assault: (11.11%)
Property Crime: (-9.2%) Burglary: (-5.36%) Larceny: (-0.44%) Vehicle Theft: (-18.89%)


Riverside
Violent Crime: (1.53%) Robbery: (5.83%) Aggravated Assault: (-3.26%)
Property Crime: (-0.85%) Burglary: (-0.85%) Larceny: (2.1%) Vehicle Theft: (-12.19%)


Sacramento
Violent Crime: (-9.13%) Robbery: (-12.34%) Aggravated Assault: (-6.91%)
Property Crime: (-7.79%) Burglary: (-3.8%) Larceny: (-4.12%) Vehicle Theft: (-19.15%)


San Bernardino
Violent Crime: (-3.53%) Robbery: (-9.63%) Aggravated Assault: (2.48%)
Property Crime: (-6.46%) Burglary: (4.04%) Larceny: (-5.32%) Vehicle Theft: (-17.4%)


San Diego
Violent Crime: (-4.5%) Robbery: (-3.63%) Aggravated Assault: (-7.34%)
Property Crime: (-8.61%) Burglary: (0.83%) Larceny: (-5.67%) Vehicle Theft: (-19.26%)


San Jose
Violent Crime: (-3.09%) Robbery: (5.24%) Aggravated Assault: (-7.09%)
Property Crime: (-7.33%) Burglary: (-22.30%) Larceny: (3.12%) Vehicle Theft: (-18.46%)


Santa Ana
Violent Crime: (-11.35%) Robbery: (8.09%) Aggravated Assault: (-27.04%)
Property Crime: (-10.48%) Burglary: (8.29%) Larceny: (-7.17%) Vehicle Theft: (-26.9%)


Stockton
Violent Crime: (2.51%) Robbery: (-3.53%) Aggravated Assault: (6.53%)
Property Crime: (-3.87%) Burglary: (7.38%) Larceny: (-5.78%) Vehicle Theft: (-11.97%)

With the exception of the occasional dispensary robbery, there is no evidence to show an increase in crime with direct connection to medical marijuana dispensaries. Even with these robberies in mind, it stands to question why any place is robbed.

After analyzing the numbers, it seems strange that anyone would try to say medical marijuana causes any crime. If anything, the data shows quite the opposite. "

http://www.examiner.com/x-17593-NORML-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Crime-down-in-states-with-medical-marijuana-dispensaries

End hemp prohibition now.

US Patent 6630507 - Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants

It's going to take a day or two to calm down having read on the CaNORML blog that the US government holds a patent on medical hemp.

We confirmed it at the patent office, that the United States Government, who has imprisoned and caused the untimely deaths of many over the issue of marijuana/hemp, holds a patent on medical hemp. They made it illegal for us to study and use one of the most effective medicines on the planet while they took their time getting a patent on it.

Yep, the Department of Health and Human Services hold the patent 6630507, Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants, a medical hemp patent.

Below is the text of the patent, US Patent No 6630507,

US Patent Issued on October 7, 2003

Abstract

Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated toNMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoidsuseful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidationassociated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory andautoimmune diseases. The cannabinoids are found to have particularapplication as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurologicaldamage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in thetreatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease,Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, suchas cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoidtoxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high dosesuseful in the method of the present invention. A particular disclosedclass of cannabinoids useful as neuroprotective antioxidants is formula(I) wherein the R group is independently selected from the groupconsisting of H, CH3, and COCH3.##STR1##

Inventor(s)
Hampson, Aidan J.
Axelrod, Julius
Grimaldi, Maurizio

Assignee
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services


ApplicationNo. 09/674028 filed on 02/02/2001

Current US Class514/454Tricyclo ring system having the hetero ring as one of the cyclos

Field of Search514/454Tricyclo ring system having the hetero ring as one of the cyclos

ExaminersPrimary: Weddington, Kevin E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm
Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

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